Where does “reamputare” come from?
reamputare (Romanian) comes from Romanian reamputa, from Romanian amputa, from French amputer, from Latin amputo, from Latin ambi-, from Latin ambō, from Proto-Indo-European h₂m̥bʰi, from Proto-Indo-European h₂n̥tbʰi — on, onto.
reamputare (Romanian): reamputation
Definitions
- reamputation
Ancestry of “reamputare”, step by step
| Step | Language | Word | Meaning |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Romanian | reamputa | to amputate again on the same member |
| 2 | Romanian | amputa | to amputate |
| 3 | French | amputer | to amputate |
| 4 | Latin | amputo | I prune, cut off; I curtail, shorten |
| 5 | Latin | ambi- | around, about |
| 6 | Latin | ambō | both |
| 7 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂m̥bʰi | around, on either side of, about; in exchange... |
| 8 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂n̥tbʰi | — |
| 9 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂énts | forehead; front |
| 10 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂ent- | face; forehead; front |
| 11 | Proto-Indo-European | h₂en- | on, onto |